Multiple illegal miners arrested by SAPS

GAUTENG – A multidisciplinary Operation Vala Umgodi led to the recovery of an unlicensed firearm, ammunition, and the arrest of more than twenty suspected illegal miners in Kagiso and Krugersdorp on Monday, 05 February 2024.

Members of South African Police Service in Gauteng, South African National Defence Force and other law enforcement agencies searched the Soul City Informal Settlement in Kagiso and West Village Shaft-9 in Krugersdorp, where illegal mining is rife.

During the search, team members discovered illegal mining operations that were later dismantled, and tools of trade for the illegal miners were confiscated.